And some haue sey hyt bodyly,
To whom he shewed hys mercy;
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Lo here a tale for of ȝow sum,
Þat y fonde yn 'vitas patrum.' [A tale]
[The Tale of the Priest for whom the Sacramental Bread and Wine were turnd into a Child's Flesh and Blood.]
Þyr was a man of relygyoun;
Of almës he had grete renoun;
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But, for þe fende [þe fende O, þe H (? þe = they).] wulde haue [had.] hym shent,
He beleued nat yn þe sacrament,
And seyd 'hyt was nat Ihesu
Þat conceyued was þurgh vertu;
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Ne Ihesu was nat þe oblé [vbble.]
Þat reysed was [was reysede.] at þe sacré;
And þo þat wurschep ded þarto,
To beleue hyt, [hyt. hyt.] was nat to do.'
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Byfore twey abbotes þus he tolde;
Þese abbotes wryte þys tale to holde;
hyt oght be tolde to euery wham
Þat ys aȝens þe crystendam,
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Tyl hyt be preued with [by.] clergye
wheþer hyt be beleue or erysye.
Þese abbotes shewed hym þe ryȝt weye
with alle þe ensamples þat þey coude seye;
And he seyd 'þat hyt was lye, [O. gloss 'fals.']
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But ȝyf he sagh [saye.] hyt with hys ye.'
"Doþe þan so þat y hyt se, [folio 66b:2]
Þan wyl y beleue þat hyt may be."
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Þese abbotes preyd a ful seuen nyȝt
Þat God wulde shewe hym, þurgh hys myȝt,
Yn flesshe and blode on þe autere,
